HMS Victorious (1937)
Quick Facts
- Ship Name
- HMS Victorious
- Launch Year
- 1937
- Type
- Aircraft Carrier
- Class
- Illustrious-class aircraft carrier
- Pennant Number
- 38
- Launched
- 1937
- Built at
- Vickers-Armstrong
- Commissioned
- 1941
- Armament
- Carrier air group
- Propulsion
- Steam turbines
- Role
- Aircraft carrier
- Notable for
- Bismarck pursuit
- Fate
- Scrapped in 1969
- Status
- Decommissioned
HMS Victorious played a role in the hunt for the Bismarck.